The Sunday Giveaway: Two Tickets to Avenue Q!
Avenue Q is the little show that could.
And the little show that did.
It started as an Off Broadway show down at the Vineyard, and was one of the first shows to make the strong choice to go big or go home . . . and despite its size and “Off Broadway-like” material it jumped to Broadway.
And there it captured the Best Musical prize over Wicked.
Just when it looked like it was wrapping up its Broadway run, it became the first show to do what you and I always knew was possible . . . and downsize back to Off Broadway, where it has been packing in audiences ever since.
And it just celebrated its 10 year anniversary.
Quite a story, isn’t it?
Avenue Q is the new Fantasticks. It’s still as timely as ever, and in my opinion, there wouldn’t be a Book of Mormon without Avenue Q (and that’s only partially because they share an author in the recent Oscar nominee, Bobby Lopez).
What? You haven’t seen Q? Or you haven’t seen it Off Broadway?
Well, prepare to be a Q-convert, because one of you is going to go for free!
Here’s how you can win two tickets to Avenue Q:
Everyone knows that Avenue Q features hysterical puppets. What other musical or play would you like to see told with Puppets? Pick a show, and then toss in the word “puppet” to the title somewhere, somehow. For example, The Phantom of the Puppets or The Puppets of the Opera. (If you want a specific example of this game, check out The Nun Game we played a couple of years ago.)
And go puppets go!
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Puppet’s Awakening could include puppet sex just as Avenue Q does!
A Puppet Line featuring the hit song What I Did For Glove.
As we discovered with Avenue Q, there’s just something special about puppet sex. With that in mind, I’d like to see:
Furry Cuff Me: Fifty Shades of Puppets, a Musical Parody
Puppets of Madison County
The Little Puppet…Mermaid puppets would be awesome and probably just as good visually as actors on roller skates!
Puppets of Spamalot
La Cage Aux Puppets 🙂
Best Little Puppet Whorehouse in Texas.
How did four blue-collar puppets become one of the greatest pop successes? Find out at runaway smash-hit Jersey Puppets, a jukebox musical featuring hits such as “(Puppets wear) Short Shorts”, “Big Puppets Don’t Cry”, “Walk Like a Puppet”, “My Puppet’s Back”.
A Puppet’s Guide to Love and Murder!
I can’t believe this show is still running strong without traditional advertising.
How do you do it, Ken?
Kinky Puppets! Puppets wearing footwear preferred by transvestites? Need I say more…I would so be up for that show!
Yo, Adrienne! How about “Socky: A Puppet Adaptation of Rocky”?
“The Glove Never Dies” the sequel to Puppets of the Opera
My friends have a company called Puppet Shakespeare which is awesome, but I’m hoping that they’ll mount a puppet version of the Scottish play.
Puppet on the Roof.
The Hunchpuppet of Notre Dame
Altar Puppets
My Fair Puppet
Sweeney Todd, the demon puppet of Fleet Street.
The Book of Puppets
Rocky Horror Puppet show
Puppets of Madison County
A puppet thing happened on the way to the Forum
177Puppet.
Puppet on the Roof; Hairpuppet; Spelling Puppet; Thoroughly Modern Puppet; Bye Bye Puppet . . . .
The 25th Annual Puppet County Spelling Bee
How to Succeed in Puppets Without Really Trying!
A Little Puppet Music, featuring the hit song
Send in the Puppets
Oh Puppet Poor Puppet, Mama’s Hung You in the closet and I’m feeling so Sad
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Puppets.
A Connecticut Puppet in King Arthur’s Court
and of course–if you are using the word puppet to replace one word in the title–
Puppet! and Puppet. And Puppet, the musical.
That covers about 70% of all the musicals out there.
The Color Puppet
I was gonna say: A Puppet Line….but the Michael Bennett Choreography might be tricky to pull off with a bunch of puppets….so I was thinking since I’ve seen so much Shakespeare in my life it might be good to revive one of his plays with Puppets for a fresh twist: Puppets Night Dream?
The Motherf**ker With the Puppet
OH CAL’PUPPETA !
Jersey Puppets
‘PUPPETS & DOLLS’
‘GUYS & PUPPETS’
(FOR THOSE SLOW ON THE UPTAKE….) JEJEJE
Puppets at Sea
The Unsinkable Puppet Brown
The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Puppet
Stop the Puppet, I Want to Get Off!!!!!
Drat the Puppet (Drat the Cat! obscure…)
Puppet and the Starcatcher.
The Sound of Puppets
Legally Puppets
West Side Puppets
Puppet Saigon
Les Marionnettes
Guys and Dolls (and Puppets)
How to Succeed with Puppets…
The Music Puppet
The Puppet and the Beast
She Loves Puppets
Puppet Pippin
Puppets in the Rain
Once Upon a Puppet
West Side Puppets
Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Puppets
Sunday in the Park with Puppets
Three Penny Puppet Opera
In The Puppets (In the Heights)
Into the Puppet (Into the Woods)
Avenue P (Avenue Q)
The Felt of Mormon (The Book of Mormon)
The Puppets of Panzence (The Pirates of Panzence)
The Color Puppet (The Color Purple)
Hello Puppet (Hello Dolly)
Puppet Mia! (Mamma Mia!)
Puppet Never Dies (Love Never Dies)
Puppet Pan (Peter Pan)
The Sound of Puppet (The Sound of Music)
The Puppet Man (The Music Man)
Sweeney Felt: The Demon Puppet of Fleet Street (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Thoroughly Puppet Millie (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Crazy for Puppets or Puppets for You(Crazy for You)
Anything Puppets (Anything Goes)
Puppet Get Your Strings (Annie Get Your Gun)
Little Shop of Puppets (Little Shop of Horrors)
Puppet Women (Little Women)
The Puppet of Oz or The Wizard of Puppets(The Wizard of Oz)
The Lion Puppet or the Puppet King (The Lion King)
Kinky Puppets (Kinky Boots)
Puppet and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
Puppet Side Story (West Side Story)
Mary Puppets (Mary Poppins)
My Fair Puppet (My Fair Lady)
The Three-Puppet Opera, featuring that hit song “Marionette the Knife.”
The Puppets of Penzance
PuppetTanic—(thinks “Muppets at Sea”
American Puppet (music by Green Day of course)
The Puppet of Oz (if Oz can have munchkins, it’s not a stretch to include puppets).
Abie’s Irish Puppet.
or Same Time, Next Puppet.
“Puppet and Clyde”
Seven Brides for Seven Puppets!
Gentlemen Prefer Puppets. Or maybe it should be Gentlemen Prefer Blonde Puppets.
Potted Potter Puppets
The Sound of Puppets
The Lion Puppet (oh, never mind..been there, did that)
Little Puppets
and last but not least….Hairpuppets
A little puppet music! Or Lille shop of puppets!!
Spider-Man, Puppets in the Dark
The MUPPETS MAMMA MIA
Or how about a revival of NO STRINGS w/ an all-puppet cast??
Puppets: Osage county.
Songs for a New Puppet
Featuring songs such as “I’m Not Afraid of Any Strings” & “The Puppetmaker, 1775”
Pride and Prejudice and Puppets
“Puppets Over Broadway”
The Puppets in the Piazza
Rent…A year in the life of puppets…it could take place in the same NYC as ave Q
Death of Salespuppet
Bloody, Bloody Puppet Jackson
Or
Who’s Got Their Hand Up My Pants
West Side Puppets!
Puppets of Madison County!
Getting the Puppets Back Together Again
Somewhere in Puppet(ry)
The Glass Puppet
Pippin Puppet
Cinderpuppet
Fantastic Puppet
Orphan Puppet
“My Fair Puppet”
Eliza Doolittle WAS Henry Higgin’s puppet,he sure pulled her strings, so you wouldn’t even have to change that infamous title logo! As Henry speaks/sings “Put a puppet in your life… it’s like plunging in the knife!!”
The Lion Puppet King
Puppet Pippin
The Chicago Puppet(ala ‘puppet’ on Billy’s lap)
Jekyll & Hand Puppet
I can picture the scene in the lab when Dr. Jekyll drinks the potion and his arm comes up with a Mr. Hyde puppet on it.
The “Puppet Matchmaker” which could then become a musical titled “Hello ‘Dolly'”.
Thoroughly Modern Puppets
I’d love to see those puppets dance!
Puppets in Fur !
“MARY PUPPETS”
“PUPPET-LOT”
“PUPPETS ON A HARD BODY/HANDS ON A HARD PUPPET”
“ONCE UPON A PUPPET”
“SPIDER-PUPPET: TURN OFF THE PUPPET”
MISS PIGGY,KERMIE ,AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
Hamlet, Puppet of Denmark
Annie Get Your Puppet.
“Puppet Express” – come on, who doesn’t want to see puppets on rollerskates!
Here’s another:
“Puppies” The most amazing dancing newspaper selling puppets you’ve ever seen!
Forever Puppet
Beautiful Puppet
How to Succeed as a Puppet
House of Blue Puppets
Jersey Puppets
The Normal Puppet
The Mystery of Puppets
Million Dollar Puppets
Nice Work If You Can Get a Puppet
Silence of the Puppets
Other Desert Puppets
West Side Puppet
The Snow Puppet
Who’s Afraid of a Puppet?
12 years a puppet
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Puppets.
Sheepie Todd, The Demon Puppet of Fleece Street
Our director once played a prank on us while doing “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” and told us the whole show would be done by puppets. It ended up being nothing more than a joke, but ever since, I’ve really wanted to see someone try “You’re a Good Puppet Charlie Brown”!!!
Puppets Puppets Andrew Jackson
A Tale of Two Puppets
The Glass Puppet!
Puppetloin
I’d like to see Puppet Boulevard! Norma Desmond Puppet singing “With One Hand”!
Carrie-onette
Priscilla, Queen of the Puppets
West Side Puppets
Kinky Puppets…well that’s sorta already Avenue Q…
PUPPETSPELL: Godspell with muppet-like puppets!
The Puppets of Penzance
The 39 Puppets
War Puppet
Puppet on the Roof!
I would like to see Kinky Puppets!
“Death Of A Puppet Salesman” fits some of the themes Arthur Miller was going for. Also could work well with Linda’s closing words: “We’re free.”
A Puppet Line, I Remember Puppet, Little Mary Puppet, Damn Puppets
Just about any play would be funnier if done with puppets. How about “Peter Pan Puppets”
“Muppet Girl”
Now, I know you said “Puppet”–not specifically muppets–but when I picture Miss Piggy playing Fanny Brice, everything else falls into place.
A DUMMY thing happened on the way to the forum.
THE MUSIC PUPPET (Maaaaaaaarion-ette, Madam Libraaaaaarion-ette …)
Puppets of La Mancha!
Jersey Puppets. Imagine the likes of Snookie and Mikey D taking over a great story and score.
A Puppet Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
The Drowsy Puppet
The Mystery of Edwin Puppet totally sounds like a Muppet show. Which one was the murderer? Kermit? Miss Piggy? Rowlf? Gonzo? Mahna Mahna? I vote Gonzo for Datchery, Animal for the murderer, and Kermit and Miss Piggy for the lovers.
Dirty Rotten Puppets
Peter Puppet! (Pan)
Did anyone see that yesterday NBC announced their next live production will be Peter Pan?! Several folks here guessed that. (I didn’t.)
August. Puppet County
A Puppet’s Guide to Love and Murder
Mamma Puppet!
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Puppet are Dead.
The Puppets of Madison County
Sunday in the Park With Puppets
You Can’t Take Puppets With You
No Man’s Puppet
Waiting for Puppet
First Puppet (First Date)
Crazy For Puppets (Crazy For You)
Les Miserable Puppets
Sunset Puppets
A few ideas:
Puppets in the Park with George
The Pajama Puppet
Hello, Puppet
Finian’s Puppet
The King and Puppet
South Pacific Puppets
A Puppet Named Desire
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Being a Puppet
Puppets Over Broadway
Le Puppet at the Lapin Agile
The Most Hairy Puppet
Puppets Prefer Blonds
Puppet Upon a Mattress
Annie Get Your Puppet.
The Great American Puppet Park Musical
Kiss Me Puppet
My titles:
– The Puppets of Penzance
– Hedwig and the Angry Puppet
– Romeo and Puppet
– All my Puppets
– Dirty Rotten Puppets
Altar Puppets (Altar Boyz)
Mary Pupp-ins!
Merrily Puppets Roll Along.
The Addams Puppet Family
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Puppet
I would say “The Motherf*cker With The Puppet”!!![instead of “The Motherf*cker With The Hat”]
It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Puppetman!
The Wild Puppet
Into the Puppet
Dirty Rotten Puppets
The Puppets of Penzance
Jesus Christ Puppetstar
The Puppet King
Puppet Dolly
Once On This Puppet
Puppet on the Roof
Pupperella….would love to see a puppet version!
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